VirtualGlobetrotting: Sea - Ferries1VirtualGlobetrotting Live View0http://virtualglobetrotting.com/category/transportation/sea-ferries/export-0.kmlBBOX=[bboxWest],[bboxSouth],[bboxEast],[bboxNorth]onStopPdunn (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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This thumbnail and the north view shows this rather large vessel underwater with an oil slick. The east view shows it still afloat.

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The ferry Ellis Island was built in 1904, and decommissioned in 1954. The island itself was transferred to the control of the National Parks Service in 1962, and the ferry sank at its slip there six years later. Forty percent of Americans trace their roots to an ancestor that came through Ellis Island, most having left the island via the ferry Ellis Island. The ferry took them to the Central Railroad of New Jersey terminal in Jersey City, where they transferred to trains that would take them to inland states in the interior of the country. In fact, the ferry terminal on Ellis Island is actually part of New Jersey rather than New York — in 1993 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the south side of the island belonged to New Jersey because all the landfill was in New Jersey waters.

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M/S Pearl of Scandinavia, originally M/S Athena, is a cruiseferry built in 1989 by Wärtsilä, Turku, for Rederi AB Slite for use Viking Line traffic. She currently serves on DFDS' Copenhagen - Oslo route.

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The Mortavika – Arsvågen Car Ferry is shown docked at Arsvågen with a line of cars in queue. The ferry runs 38 times a day and takes 25 minues to complete its crossing of the Boknafjord.

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A second one just to the left at the other end of the quay.

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Incat is a manufacturer of large HSC catamarans, based in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The company builds large commercial and military vessels that use aluminium construction, wave-piercing and water-jet technology. Vessels have been constructed up to 98 metres in length and cruise at 40 knots (75 km/h). An Incat vessel is the holder of the Blue Riband Trophy for the fastest sea crossing of the Atlantic ocean.

Several catamarans built by Incat have entered naval services, including HMAS Jervis Bay, best known for its contribution to the INTERFET in East Timor, and HSV-1 Joint Venture and HSV-2 Swift, both having been in service with the US military.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s the company was in severe financial difficulties and heavily in debt to the Tasmanian Government. It found its way out of this financial crisis after it received renewed contracts to build catamarans from overseas customers and the US military.

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Several catamarans built by Incat have entered naval services, including HMAS Jervis Bay, best known for its contribution to the INTERFET in East Timor, and HSV-1 Joint Venture and HSV-2 Swift, both having been in service with the US military.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s the company was in severe financial difficulties and heavily in debt to the Tasmanian Government. It found its way out of this financial crisis after it received renewed contracts to build catamarans from overseas customers and the US military.]]>1root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x304+hicon=0x314-5.43851900,36.12919200kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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Was originally built at Stocznia Szczecinsna in Stettin Poland in 2002, and was converted at Remontowa in Gdansk, Poland in 2003.

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Ferry from Cape May NJ to Lewes, DE - terminal at Cape May - a Ferry in motion is visible on the actual map.

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The Galveston-Port Bolivar ferry is the bridge between two segments of State Highway 87. South of IH-10, State Highway 87 s the only highway around Galveston Bay. The free ferry service provided by TxDOT is the only way motorists can cross the waterway between Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island.

The ferry service is critical to the residents of Bolivar Peninsula when a hurricane threatens. The ferries are the primary means of evacuation through Galveston to the causeway and the mainland. Ferries continue crossing the channel until high winds and tides make their mission unsafe. The boats are then secured in their moorings at the Galveston landing facility.

The 2.7 mile trip takes approximately 18 minutes to cross one of the busiest waterways in the world. Through the Bolivar Roads Channel flows the commerce of the Port of Houston, the nations largest inland port, as well as other Galveston and Trinity Bay communities. Approximately 7,000 ships visit the Port of Houston each year.

The ferry operation consists of five boats, each of which can carry approximately 70 vehicles, 500 passengers and six crewmembers. Each ferry is capable of carrying eight 18-wheel trucks weighing 80,000 pounds each. All of the boats are double-ended with a pilothouse on each end, and the Captain changes from one pilothouse to the other to go in the opposite direction.

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The ferry service is critical to the residents of Bolivar Peninsula when a hurricane threatens. The ferries are the primary means of evacuation through Galveston to the causeway and the mainland. Ferries continue crossing the channel until high winds and tides make their mission unsafe. The boats are then secured in their moorings at the Galveston landing facility.

The 2.7 mile trip takes approximately 18 minutes to cross one of the busiest waterways in the world. Through the Bolivar Roads Channel flows the commerce of the Port of Houston, the nations largest inland port, as well as other Galveston and Trinity Bay communities. Approximately 7,000 ships visit the Port of Houston each year.

The ferry operation consists of five boats, each of which can carry approximately 70 vehicles, 500 passengers and six crewmembers. Each ferry is capable of carrying eight 18-wheel trucks weighing 80,000 pounds each. All of the boats are double-ended with a pilothouse on each end, and the Captain changes from one pilothouse to the other to go in the opposite direction.]]>1root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x304+hicon=0x314-94.77532100,29.33053800kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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Jessica W a 500 passenger catamaran that has a cruising speed of more than 35 knots or (40 mph), making it the fastest ferry serving Block Island and the mainland. The vessel is equipped with comfortable and sleek, modern airline-style seating on two enclosed air-conditioned passenger decks. An outside passenger deck is available for viewing the scenery on the trip between New London and Block Island.

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This ship, now spending its days as a floating nightclub, was originally built in 1965 as British Rail's ferry Dover sailing the English Channel and later Irish Sea. She was rebuilt in 1977 and renamed Earl Siward and in 1982 was sold to Cyprus and renamed Sun Express. She returned to England in 1986 to be converted to her present use.

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The Eagle Harbor Maintenance Facility serves as the "hub" for all Washington State Ferries (WSF) vessel and terminal maintenance, serving the largest ferry system in the United States. The site employs over 100 skilled laborers and crafts persons representing eight different trades.

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Oita Hovercraft cuts across Beppu Bay connecting Oita Airport with the cities of Oita and Beppu. This is an ideal means of transportation to reach the airport and these busy areas. Leaving Oita, the hovercraft lands at Aki and runs along the 650 m long driveway to reach the Hovercraft Terminal. Passengers are conveyed to the departure building of Oita Airport by the automatic sidewalk. Convenience has been increased along with time saved. In Oita Hoverferry, there is two types of Hovercraft going into service. One is MV-PP10 and other is MV-PP5. Both were constructed by Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding in Japan. MV-PP10 was introduced recently, and can accommodates 105 passengers. On the other hand, 75 passengers can be accommodated with MV-PP 5.

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Operated by Fosen Trafikklag ASA, currently leaving Brekstad 16 times a day during the week.

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M/S Regina Baltica is a cruiseferry operated by the Estonian shipping company Tallink on the line connecting Stockholm, Sweden with Riga, Latvia. She was built in 1980 as M/S Viking Song by Wärtsilä Perno shipyard in Turku, Finland for Rederi Ab Sally, one of the owners of the Viking Line consortium. She has also sailed under the names M/S Braemar and M/S Anna Karenina.

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The name "Lissos" is derived from the ancient harbor of Lissos where once there were natural mineral water springs. An Aesculapio can be found there, a Doric temple dedicated to the ancient god Aesculapius. In it's heyday Lissos was such a wealthy city, that it use to manufacture its own gold coins. Today this vessel is dedicated to its rich history.

The F/B Lissos can transport 1,900 passengers and 600 vehicles. Built in the MIHARA Shipyards and completley retrofitted in 1989.

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The F/B Lissos can transport 1,900 passengers and 600 vehicles. Built in the MIHARA Shipyards and completley retrofitted in 1989.]]>1root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x304+hicon=0x31423.63716600,37.94781600TexasAndroid (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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The Fresno is to the left and the hull to the right is the San Leandro.

The San Leandro was a turboelectric steamer built in 1923 by Los Angeles Shipbuilding Co. for the Key System, which ran commuter trains in the East Bay.

The Fresno was built as an auto ferry in 1927 for the Southern Pacific Railroad and later operated by the Southern Pacific/Golden Gate line. It was one of six steel-hulled ferries built for service on San Francisco Bay. The Fresno and her five sister ships had motor-driven generators that created an electric current to turn the propellers. They became known as "steel electrics" or "the electric fleet."

Railroads, in those days, commonly owned ferries because they could then bring train passengers directly to the ferry landings, providing a seamless transportation network the likes of which today's transportation planners only dream about.

In 1929 there were 28 Southern Pacific-Golden Gate ferries serving Sausalito, Tiburon, Richmond, Vallejo, Berkeley, Alameda and Oakland. It was the largest ferry operation in the world.

The six electric fleet boats became obsolete after the Bay and Golden Gate bridges opened in 1936 and 1937, respectively, turning automobile travel into the area's primary mode of transportation. The boats were all sold to Puget Sound's Black Ball line in 1940 and 1941 and renamed. Amazingly, four of the vessels are still in use in Washington.

The Fresno was renamed the Willapa and used on the Seattle-Bremerton run until it was retired in 1968 and returned to the Bay Area. Gridley bought it at auction in 1990.

The San Leandro was a Bay Area classic. After U.S. Maritime Commission service during World War II, the San Leandro was acquired by Southern Pacific and used on the Oakland-to-San Francisco run.

It was the last old-time ferryboat on the bay when, to much fanfare, it made its final run on July 30, 1958, essentially bringing to a close the era of the auto ferry.

It later became home to 1960s rock bands, including Blue Cheer, while she was moored in San Leandro. Legend has it the Grateful Dead once used the boat as their studio and crash pad. Gridley's children remember wild parties aboard the vessel after he purchased it.

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The San Leandro was a turboelectric steamer built in 1923 by Los Angeles Shipbuilding Co. for the Key System, which ran commuter trains in the East Bay.

The Fresno was built as an auto ferry in 1927 for the Southern Pacific Railroad and later operated by the Southern Pacific/Golden Gate line. It was one of six steel-hulled ferries built for service on San Francisco Bay. The Fresno and her five sister ships had motor-driven generators that created an electric current to turn the propellers. They became known as "steel electrics" or "the electric fleet."

Railroads, in those days, commonly owned ferries because they could then bring train passengers directly to the ferry landings, providing a seamless transportation network the likes of which today's transportation planners only dream about.

In 1929 there were 28 Southern Pacific-Golden Gate ferries serving Sausalito, Tiburon, Richmond, Vallejo, Berkeley, Alameda and Oakland. It was the largest ferry operation in the world.

The six electric fleet boats became obsolete after the Bay and Golden Gate bridges opened in 1936 and 1937, respectively, turning automobile travel into the area's primary mode of transportation. The boats were all sold to Puget Sound's Black Ball line in 1940 and 1941 and renamed. Amazingly, four of the vessels are still in use in Washington.

The Fresno was renamed the Willapa and used on the Seattle-Bremerton run until it was retired in 1968 and returned to the Bay Area. Gridley bought it at auction in 1990.

The San Leandro was a Bay Area classic. After U.S. Maritime Commission service during World War II, the San Leandro was acquired by Southern Pacific and used on the Oakland-to-San Francisco run.

It was the last old-time ferryboat on the bay when, to much fanfare, it made its final run on July 30, 1958, essentially bringing to a close the era of the auto ferry.

It later became home to 1960s rock bands, including Blue Cheer, while she was moored in San Leandro. Legend has it the Grateful Dead once used the boat as their studio and crash pad. Gridley's children remember wild parties aboard the vessel after he purchased it.]]>1root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x304+hicon=0x314-122.27188700,38.10398600Pdunn (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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Incat is a manufacturer of large HSC catamarans, based in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The company builds large commercial and military vessels that use aluminium construction, wave-piercing and water-jet technology. Vessels have been constructed up to 98 metres in length and cruise at 40 knots (75 km/h). An Incat vessel is the holder of the Blue Riband Trophy for the fastest sea crossing of the Atlantic ocean.

Several catamarans built by Incat have entered naval services, including HMAS Jervis Bay, best known for its contribution to the INTERFET in East Timor, and HSV-1 Joint Venture and HSV-2 Swift, both having been in service with the US military.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s the company was in severe financial difficulties and heavily in debt to the Tasmanian Government. It found its way out of this financial crisis after it received renewed contracts to build catamarans from overseas customers and the US military.

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Several catamarans built by Incat have entered naval services, including HMAS Jervis Bay, best known for its contribution to the INTERFET in East Timor, and HSV-1 Joint Venture and HSV-2 Swift, both having been in service with the US military.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s the company was in severe financial difficulties and heavily in debt to the Tasmanian Government. It found its way out of this financial crisis after it received renewed contracts to build catamarans from overseas customers and the US military.]]>1root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x304+hicon=0x314-5.43860900,36.12826900Rene73 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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Fisher Island is a census-designated place (CDP) and town located on a man-made island of the same name in both the City of Miami Beach and on unincorporated land in Miami-Dade County, Florida. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had only 218 households and a total population of 467 persons. The relatively small Miami Beach portion, at the extreme northeast part of the island, contains only one building. The developer is building the first new building on the island, and only two more buildings will be completed. This will finish the development on the island, and leave it to 750 units, or 29% of an acre per apartment. As one famous resident says, “You get all of the amenities of a high rise while remaining close to the dirt.”
Fisher Island, as seen from Government Cut.
Fisher Island, as seen from Government Cut.

Named for automotive parts pioneer and Miami Beach developer Carl G. Fisher, who once owned it, Fisher Island is 3 miles off shore of Miami, Florida. No road or causeway connects to the island, which is accessible by private ferry and helicopter. Once a one-family island home of the Vanderbilts, and later several other millionaires, it was sold for development in 1960s. The property sat vacant for well over 15 years before development was begun for very limited and restrictive multi-family use.

Today, Fisher Island is occupied again, but remains a very exclusive and wealthy community. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Fisher Island had the highest per capita income of any place in the United States in 2000.

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Fisher Island, as seen from Government Cut.
Fisher Island, as seen from Government Cut.

Named for automotive parts pioneer and Miami Beach developer Carl G. Fisher, who once owned it, Fisher Island is 3 miles off shore of Miami, Florida. No road or causeway connects to the island, which is accessible by private ferry and helicopter. Once a one-family island home of the Vanderbilts, and later several other millionaires, it was sold for development in 1960s. The property sat vacant for well over 15 years before development was begun for very limited and restrictive multi-family use.

Today, Fisher Island is occupied again, but remains a very exclusive and wealthy community. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Fisher Island had the highest per capita income of any place in the United States in 2000.]]>1root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x304+hicon=0x314-80.15057200,25.77065600kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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"Architects are notoriously fond of industrial refuse, from the corrugated metal and chain-link fence that Frank Gehry installed around his Santa Monica bungalow in the 1970's to the shipping containers that Shigeru Ban stacked on a Manhattan pier this spring to create a temporary gallery. But Mr. Lundberg has taken the romance of refuse a step further by surrounding himself, at home and at work, with reclaimed materials. During the week, he and his wife, Mary Breuer, live aboard the Maritol, a decommissioned Icelandic car ferry docked at Pier 54 in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco."

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Duke of Lancaster is one of the last surviving railway steamers in the UK. She was built in 1956 to carry railway passengers over the Irish Sea from Heysham to Belfast. She was also used for cruising on European waters until 1966. In 1970 she was converted to a car ferry. She was laid up in 1978 and sold to a company for use as static amusement ship, known as "Fun Ship". It has been slowly rusting and deteriorating for many years and her future seems uncertain. Some discussion here.

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The innovative Iris 6.1 ferry was constructed at Iris Catamarans’ Aigrefeuille shipyard, located near La Rochelle, France. The ferry is owned by the Guadeloupe-based maritime transport organisation TMCA. Iris 6.1 will operate on a network linking Pointe-a-Pitre, on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, to the neighbouring islands of Marie-Galante and Les Saintes. The scheduled journey times are in the region of 40 minutes.

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HSS Discovery is a high-speed ferry owned by Albamar Shipping Company. It is a member of the HSS 1500 class of high-speed ferries built for and designed by Stena Line from 1996 onwards.

The vessel was previously named Stena Discovery and operated for Stena Line between Harwich International Port, in the United Kingdom and Hoek van Holland, in The Netherlands.

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The vessel was previously named Stena Discovery and operated for Stena Line between Harwich International Port, in the United Kingdom and Hoek van Holland, in The Netherlands.]]>1root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x304+hicon=0x314-68.86355600,12.07239000mlc1us (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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The restaurant is a converted car ferry that originally ran between New Castle, Delaware, and Pennsville, New Jersey. Later it ran between Newport and Jamestown, Rhode Island. In 1980, it was sold to a family that converted into a floating restaurant.

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The Staten Island Ferry is a passenger ferry operated by the New York City Department of Transportation that runs between Manhattan and Staten Island. The ferry departs Manhattan from South Ferry, near Whitehall Street, at the southernmost tip of Manhattan near Battery Park. On Staten Island, the ferry arrives and departs from St. George Ferry Terminal on Richmond Terrace, near Richmond County Borough Hall and Richmond County Supreme Court.